Bar-tailed Godwit Media Reports

Media reports of the Bar-tailed Godwit story as of 23 Oct 2008.

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Small bird leaves scientists gobsmacked
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 20 hours ago
By MICHAEL FIELD - Fairfax Media | Thursday, 23 October 2008 Scientists are marvelling over a small female bar-tailed godwit somewhere in New Zealand who ...

Birds fly into record books with 11600km feat
Irish Times, Ireland - 19 hours ago
NEW ZEALAND : THE BAR-TAILED godwit, a plump shore bird with a recurved bill, has blown the record for non-stop muscle-powered flight right out of the sky. ...

Good godwit: Bird sets 7242-mile nonstop record
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 18 hours ago
The bar-tailed godwit, a plump shore bird, has blown the record for nonstop, muscle-powered flight right out of the sky. A study published Wednesday reports ...

Extreme Endurance Flights By Landbirds Crossing The Pacific Ocean ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Oct 22, 2008
Imagine exercising nonstop for a week. The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), a sleek shorebird, does just that and more. With the help of miniaturized ...

Wading bird travels 7000 miles nonstop to break flying record
guardian.co.uk, UK - Oct 21, 2008
A wading bird has been crowned the endurance champion of the animal kingdom after completing an epic 7200 mile nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from ...

Bird flaps wings for 9 days non-stop
Times Online, UK - Oct 21, 2008
A wading bird has flapped its wings continuously for more than nine days to cross the Pacific. Bar-tailed godwits fly from Alaska to Australia and southern ...

Avian airlines: Alaska to New Zealand nonstop
Science News - Oct 21, 2008
By Laura Sanders GODWITS THE WINDA bar-tailed godwit flies nonstop across the Pacific Ocean from its breeding grounds in Alaska to its winter home in New ...

Bird Sets Flight Record With 7257-Mile Marathon
Discovery Channel - Oct 22, 2008
Oct. 22, 2008 -- Foregoing layovers and snack stops, a bird known as the bar-tailed godwit has broken the record established for the world's longest known ...

Good godwit! Bird flies 6000 miles nonstop for eight days to set ...
Daily Mail, UK - Oct 22, 2008
By Chris Laker A wading bird has set a new nonstop flight record after flying for more than eight days to cross the Pacific. The bird, a female bar-tailed ...

Gill’s godwit back in the news
Nature.com (subscription), UK - Oct 22, 2008
Readers with good memories may recall that Robert Gill of the US Geological Survey is something of an expert on the bar-tailed godwit. ...

Birds Fly More Than 7000 Miles Nonstop, Study Shows
Washington Post, United States - Oct 21, 2008
By David Brown The bar-tailed godwit, a plump shorebird with a recurved bill, has blown the record for nonstop, muscle-powered flight right out of the sky. ..

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The Long Trek Of The Bar-Tailed Godwit
NPR - 22 hours ago
All Things Considered, October 22, 2008 · The bar-tailed godwit, a shore bird, has set a new standard for bird migration. A team of scientists recently ...

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